2024 Chai de la Dive Saumur Rose

A 100% Cabernet Franc rosé from Chai de la Dive, a négociant project by Romain Guiberteau, Brendan Stater-West, Camille Guiberteau, and Alex Crochet. An earlier-release, more accessible offering featuring purchased grapes and fruit from young vines of Domaine Guiberteau, sourced from multiple parcels around Berrie, Puy-Notre-Dame, and Montreuil-Bellay in the Saumur region. Clay-sand soils over limestone bedrock across varying elevations create a structured rosé with texture and depth that behaves like a light red. Aged in stainless steel tanks. Bottled at Domaine Guiberteau.

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Specs

Type: Rosé

Grapes: Cabernet Franc

Winemaker: Romain Guiberteau, Brendan Stater-West, Camille Guiberteau, Alex Crochet

Vintage: 2024

Geography

Country: France

Region: Loire Valley

Sub-region: Saumur

Vineyard: Les Moulins (Berrie, Puy-Notre-Dame, Montreuil-Bellay)

Farming

Organic (not certified). Vineyards located in Berrie, Puy-Notre-Dame, and Montreuil-Bellay on limestone-rich soils with clay, sand, and silt influences. Vines range in age from 10 to 35 years. Mix of domaine-farmed and purchased grapes, farmed with the same ethos as Domaine Guiberteau and Brendan Stater-West's respective domaines.

Harvest

Whole-cluster pressed, settled for 24 hours and racked

Fermentation

21-day ambient yeast fermentation in stainless steel tanks at 19-21°C, blocked malolactic conversion (blocked by SO2 and low temperature)

Aging

6 months in stainless steel tanks on fine lees, tangential flow filtration, SO2 additions (20-30 ppm added after pressing and adjusted after fermentation and before bottling if needed for 60 ppm total, 20 ppm free), bottled April 2025